Arijit Sarkar wrote:
Hi,
For the past one year (almost) I am into Linux world. I used Ubuntu and
then Debian on my desktop before. Recently I've installed Fedora 8 into
my laptop after hearing lots of good things about it. And I found that
in many cases Fedora 8 is better than Ubuntu 7.04 (frank opinion). No
matter how "easy to use" ubuntu methods are, I found some interesting
learning curves/excitements in Fedora. So I choose Fedora for my lenovo
N3000.
Now, while using /debian/, I learned about its /testing, unstable/
branches. Later I successfully switched to "/Testing/" (currently
'/lenny/') and quite happy to use that. Since it's a home PC, I don't
mind if sometimes few things break and I've wait for few days for the
fixes.
Does Fedora has three branches like debian - /stable, testing, unstable/
? I guess "rawhide" is like "testing" in debian. Am I correct?
In debian, people thinks that 'testing' distribution is almost usable
for day-to-day use. Can rawhide be used for the same? Is
'debian-testing' and 'fedora-rawhide' comparable?
Can I install a /rawhide /for my laptop? Can you suggest the move to
'rawhide' fedora install.
"stable" in the Red Hat world is "Red Hat Enterprise linux." It costs.
There are clones such as Scientific Linux (actually, a near clone) and
CentOS with are more akin to Debian Stable. RHEL is what conservative
people bet their business on. Less well-moneyed uses a cheap clone.
That's where I sit for normail production work, I use CentOS (or WBEL,
another clone) on servers and a desktop, Scientlific Linux on a desktop.
Fedora is more like Debian's testing, or Ubuntu's mainline. I run it on
a separate system, where I want to play with the latest technology. The
pooter has hardware virtualisation, and I use Xen.
Rawhide translates most nearly to SID. Still in development. I'm
pondering on this, probably will run it as a guest under F8. Not the
best for beginners without a geek on standby.
Some people run SID, Some people run Rawhide; both are possible, and I'm
sure some users of both don't appreciate the risks involved. Fine for
geeks and wannabe geeks.
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Cheers
John
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